• Noor Ahmad Adib
• Prof. Nimbalkar

The objective of this project is to come up with the design of small hydropower plant capable of generating 1.3 MW at Karuk River passing through East of Herat City in Afghanistan. The whole Karukh County is suffering from power shortage. This is because the power from the national grid is not sufficient to cater for the demand of the area. The hydropower plant will has an immediate effect on industries already set up. These industries has been suffering from regular power outages and high cost of grid electricity. We selected our discharge to be 4.1m/s which was used for all our calculation in pashdan dam. Thus, the net head (35,5M) and design discharge are the two most important parameters used for design analysis and selection of hydropower components. Lastly, the project is capable of producing more than 1.3 MW of electrical energy. However, pursuing this will be out of our small hydropower bracket. If this project is implemented then the community and country at large can benefit. This project will create employment for the locals and skilled Afghani’. Therefore, during the implementation of the project, we recommended that the other specialist in other fields to be involved

Karukh - Herat - Afghanistan, Small Hydropower plant overview

"Overview of small hydro power plant in pashdan dam in karukh Herat Afghanistan ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.222-227, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905P34.pdf

"Overview of small hydro power plant in pashdan dam in karukh Herat Afghanistan ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp222-227, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905P34.pdf